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28

Jul

Fundraiser for TBGP!!!

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27

Jul

Giveaways!

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One more thing about our self esteem tips; we’ve created two small posters for you to download, share and enjoy. We’ll be adding these to our resource page as well. Just “right-click” on the image and print!

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26

Jul

Building Your Self Esteem

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Last week, we posted 15 tips over 3 days on Twitter on boosting your self esteem. We had such a great response, we figured it would be great to have them in a single blog posting. Here they are: Tip 1: Focus on your strengths and positive qualities and find ways to bolster them. Tip [...]

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07

Jul

Confab With Courtney J.

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One of the many goals of The Black Girl Project is to help give voice to young women. With that, we created Confab, which will be an all-girl art and literature journal. We’ve put out a “soft” call for submissions, but will be be posting about it again soon. When thinking about Confab, we knew [...]

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Ever wonder who responds to those emails you send via a contact form? Well, for us, that’s Chanel. Or, rather, Ms. Jones, since she’s almost a “real” adult. A student at Temple University in Philadelphia, Chanel is majoring in Marketing Management and will take over the world in the very near future. In addition to [...]

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If you’ve checked out the film site, then you may notice that Netchem was one of the young women interviewed. She’s currently a student in NYC and loves to explore the city. When not taking photographs (which you all should hire her to do for you), she can be found eating, doing yoga, and enjoying [...]

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16

May

Community Rally Wrap Up

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We had a wonderful afternoon at the HIV/AIDS Community Memorial Rally in Bed-Stuy sponsored by our partner Our Watchful Eye, who spearheaded the unveiling of the red ribbon banner in front of Restoration Plaza on Fulton Street, a very busy pedestrian and vehicle thoroughfare. We were able to hand out over 100 of our HIV/AIDS [...]

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There’s an HIV/AIDS crisis in Brooklyn. While HIV/AIDS deaths have dropped dramatically across NYC in the past decade, it remains a significant problem in Brooklyn where: Today, at 12pm, in support of Our Watchful Eye’s Red Ribbon Revitalization campaign, we’re participating in a rally to empower those infected and affected by HIV/AIDS to share their [...]

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25

Apr

Meet The Board

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It’s been a couple of weeks since we received our fiscal sponsorship from the Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization (IFCO), but we are well under way in planning programming and organizing. With that said, please take a moment to meet our board. Aiesha Turman, Bianca Laureano, Patrice Perry, LaWanda Abel and Tamara Walker bring diverse [...]

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21

Apr

Looks Like We Made It!

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It’s on! Last week, we received fiscal sponsorship from the Harlem-based Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization (IFCO) which means the BGP is a certified 501c3 and can go ahead and apply for grants and in-kind services. We have a lot planned and can’t wait to get started!!

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